Case 4
Case I. In Thasus, Philistes had headache of long continuance, and
sometimes was confined to bed, with a tendency
[p. 125] to deep sleep; having been seized with continual fevers from drinking, the pain was exacerbated;
during the night he, at first, became hot. On the first day, he vomited
some bilious matters, at first yellow, but afterwards of a verdigris-green
color, and in greater quantity; formed faeces passed from the bowels;
passed the night uncomfortably. On the second, deafness, acute fever;
retraction of the right hypochondrium; urine thin, transparent, had
some small substances like semen floating in it; delirium ferox about
mid-day. On the third, in an uncomfortable state. On the fourth, convulsions;
all the symptoms exacerbated. On the fifth, early in the morning,
died.
Explanation of the characters. It is probable that the death of the patient on the fifth day is to be attributed to a phrenitis, with
unfavorable evacuations.